Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital

112 N. 7th St., Chambersburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1902804552

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$115.20

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$144.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$7.68 with Blue_Cross vs $136.80 with First_Health_Network — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $7.68 ↓ -93%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $16.56 ↓ -86%
Aetna PPO_Plan $43.05 ↓ -63%
Aetna All_Plans $43.05 ↓ -63%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $51.07 ↓ -56%
Cigna All_Plans $57.05 ↓ -50%
Cigna PPO_Plan $59.90 ↓ -48%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $86.40 ↓ -25%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $103.68 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $106.56 ↓ -8%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $136.80 ↑ +19%

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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $59.40 $4.47 – $22.17
UPMC Bedford Everett $118.20 $4.47 – $46.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $20.40 $4.71 – $13.60
UPMC East Monroeville $303.00 $4.47 – $95.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $337.20 $4.47 – $26.81
UPMC Northwest Seneca $297.00 $4.47 – $43.80
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $112.80 $4.47 – $43.01
UPMC Jameson New Castle $192.60 $4.47 – $17.18

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